Christopher Newton

 

 

Age: 39

 

Summary: former Olympic triathlete who had one two gold medals and a silver medal in three events (track-and-field, platform diving, and javelin throw) at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea but who had later became one of Texas's most notorious death row inmates when he was convicted of capital murder in the bludgeoning death of his wife Stella during an apparent domestic dispute at their home in San Antonio, Texas in 1998.

 

 

Cause of Death: Executed by lethal injection

 

Born: August 6, 1962

 

Died: September 23, 2001

 

Location: Huntsville, Texas